Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Uses MarkLogic to Drive Nuclear Safety
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MarkLogicChallenge
LLNL has a mission to help secure the safety, security and effectiveness of the United States’ nuclear deterrence programs. Doing that requires discovering, integrating and managing complex data sets that are large, unpredictable and highly variable.
Solution
LLNL looked at a number of technologies in its search for a data management platform, including document management systems, file sharing technologies and relational databases, but each came up short. With MarkLogic, LLNL can manage large, unpredictable, non-heterogenous data sets with optimal functionality.
Result
Prior to MarkLogic, LLNL was faced with numerous data silos filled with vast amounts of structured and unstructured data. Additionally, tests conducted for nuclear safety produced even more data—and none of this data was linked. Now LLNL has improved discoverability, established traceability and achieved flexibility.
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Challenge
By applying cutting-edge science and technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has a mission to help secure the safety, security and effectiveness of the United States’ nuclear deterrence programs.
Doing that requires discovering, integrating and managing complex data sets that are large, unpredictable and highly variable. In the words of Kim Budil, Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, “We apply cutting edge science and technology to address the most significant challenges facing the world today, working each day to translate our innovations into meaningful impact.”
To meet that challenge, LLNL required a data management platform that could help eliminate its many data silos and build a unified data platform to generate more value from their data and make more informed decisions.
MarkLogic has the ability to handle high variability, whether you want to store structured data that is indexed or have the metadata and the multi-terabyte file on Tier 2 storage. It’s also flexible with its built-in search and retrieval functionality.
Valerie Noble
Deputy Chief Information Officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Solution
LLNL looked at a number of technologies in its search for a data management platform, including document management systems, file sharing technologies and relational databases, but each came up short when it came to managing the organization’s complex data sets.
Coming across Progress® MarkLogic® in their search, they soon realized MarkLogic had the capabilities to manage their large, unpredictable, non-heterogenous data sets with optimal functionality.
The platform’s ability to connect and manage complex data and create metadata to interpret data and contextualize it proved vital in helping LLNL achieve its mission.
Result
Once the MarkLogic platform was up and running, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was soon enjoying a number of improvements in its business processes, including:
- Improved Discoverability: Prior to MarkLogic, LLNL experienced severe difficulty with its data discovery efforts 6-12 months after it had been created.
- Established Traceability: With the MarkLogic platform, LLNL can track data from design to production for the lifetime of the system.
- Achieved Flexibility and Extensibility: According to the organization, MarkLogic stores relationships with far more extensibility and flexibility than a relational solution.
Prior to deploying MarkLogic, LLNL was faced with numerous data silos filled with vast amounts of structured and unstructured data. Additionally, tests conducted for nuclear safety produced even more data—and none of this data was linked. LLNL is using MarkLogic to improve the organization’s data management strategy to more effectively maintain nuclear safety.
